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data-beam-element-clicked data-type="featured link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by category subcategory link" data-position="1" data-text="CardMatch™" data-outcome="send to link" > <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/4f02ac6944/cardmatch-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp), https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/4f02ac6944/cardmatch-nav-imagery.png/m/100x100/filters:quality(90):format(webp) 2x" src="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/4f02ac6944/cardmatch-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp)" alt=""> </div> <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-content"> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-mainText">CardMatch™</span> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-supportText">Get personalized card recommendations</span> </div> </a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavFeaturedLink" href="/credit-cards/tools/compare/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="featured link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by category subcategory link" data-position="2" data-text="Card comparison tool" data-outcome="send to link" > <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/10ad7295ae/card-comparison-tool-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp), https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/10ad7295ae/card-comparison-tool-nav-imagery.png/m/100x100/filters:quality(90):format(webp) 2x" src="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/10ad7295ae/card-comparison-tool-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp)" alt=""> </div> <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-content"> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-mainText">Card comparison tool</span> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-supportText">Compare credit cards side-by-side</span> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-panel" :class="{'is-active' : isActiveSubcategory($id('subcategory', whichChild($el, $el.parentElement)))}" :aria-labelledby="$id('subcategory', whichChild($el, $el.parentElement))" role="tabpanel" @keydown="keydownSubcategoryLinks($el, $event)" tabindex="-1"> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-firstColumn"> <div class="SiteNavTopicOverview"> <p class="SiteNavTopicOverview-heading" role="heading">See your card matches</p> <p class="SiteNavTopicOverview-copy">Answer a few quick questions and we’ll show you your top credit card options. </p> <a href="/credit-cards/tools/cardmatch/" class="Button Button--primary"data-beam-element-clicked data-type="button" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory CTA" data-position="1" data-text="Find my matches" data-outcome="send to link" data-category="Credit cards"> Find my matches</a> </div> </div> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-secondColumn"> <div class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkListWrapper"> <p class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkListWrapper-eyebrow" role="heading">Compare cards</p> <div class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkLists"> <ul class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkList"> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/rewards/best-for-excellent-credit/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory featured link" data-position="1" data-text="Excellent credit" data-outcome="send to link" > Excellent credit</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/building-credit/best-for-good-credit/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory featured link" data-position="2" data-text="Good credit" data-outcome="send to link" > Good credit</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/building-credit/best-for-fair-credit/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory featured link" data-position="3" data-text="Fair credit" data-outcome="send to link" > Fair credit</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/bad-credit/best-for-bad-credit/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory featured link" data-position="4" data-text="Bad credit" data-outcome="send to link" > Bad credit</a> </li> </ul> <ul class="SiteNavFeaturedLinkList"> <li> <a class="SiteNavFeaturedLink" href="/credit-cards/bad-credit/how-to-build-credit-fast/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="featured link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory link" data-position="1" data-text="How to build credit" data-outcome="send to link" > <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/2e8651b174/how-to-build-credit-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp), https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/2e8651b174/how-to-build-credit-nav-imagery.png/m/100x100/filters:quality(90):format(webp) 2x" src="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/2e8651b174/how-to-build-credit-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp)" alt=""> </div> <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-content"> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-mainText">How to build credit</span> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-supportText">7 min read</span> </div> </a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavFeaturedLink" href="/credit-cards/building-credit/best-for-no-credit-history/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="featured link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Cards by credit subcategory link" data-position="2" data-text="Best cards for building credit" data-outcome="send to link" > <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/5a53191033/best-cards-for-building-credit-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp), https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/5a53191033/best-cards-for-building-credit-nav-imagery.png/m/100x100/filters:quality(90):format(webp) 2x" src="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/5a53191033/best-cards-for-building-credit-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp)" alt=""> </div> <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-content"> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-mainText">Best cards for building credit</span> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-supportText">Find out which credit cards could help</span> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-panel" :class="{'is-active' : isActiveSubcategory($id('subcategory', whichChild($el, $el.parentElement)))}" :aria-labelledby="$id('subcategory', whichChild($el, $el.parentElement))" role="tabpanel" @keydown="keydownSubcategoryLinks($el, $event)" tabindex="-1"> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-firstColumn"> <div class="SiteNavTopicOverview"> <p class="SiteNavTopicOverview-heading" role="heading">See what the experts say</p> <p class="SiteNavTopicOverview-copy">Read in-depth credit card reviews to find out which cards have the best perks and more. </p> <a href="/credit-cards/reviews/" class="Button Button--primary"data-beam-element-clicked data-type="button" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Tools &amp; reviews subcategory CTA" data-position="1" data-text="Read card reviews" data-outcome="send to link" data-category="Credit cards"> Read card reviews</a> </div> </div> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-secondColumn"> <div class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkListWrapper"> <p class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkListWrapper-eyebrow" role="heading">Get guidance</p> <div class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkLists"> <ul class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkList"> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/tools/credit-card-payoff-calculator/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Tools &amp; reviews subcategory featured link" data-position="1" data-text="Credit card payoff calculator" data-outcome="send to link" > Credit card payoff calculator</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/tools/credit-card-balance-transfer-calculator/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Tools &amp; reviews subcategory featured link" data-position="2" data-text="Balance transfer calculator" data-outcome="send to link" > Balance transfer calculator</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/tools/credit-utilization-calculator/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Tools &amp; reviews subcategory featured link" data-position="3" data-text="Credit utilization calculator" data-outcome="send to link" > Credit utilization calculator</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/tools/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Tools &amp; reviews subcategory featured link" data-position="4" data-text="All credit card calculators" data-outcome="send to link" > All credit card calculators</a> </li> </ul> <ul class="SiteNavFeaturedLinkList"> <li> <a class="SiteNavFeaturedLink" href="/credit-cards/tools/spender-type-tool/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="featured link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Tools &amp; reviews subcategory link" data-position="1" data-text="Spender type tool" data-outcome="send to link" > <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-image"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/43548bf9cd/spender-type-tool-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp), https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/43548bf9cd/spender-type-tool-nav-imagery.png/m/100x100/filters:quality(90):format(webp) 2x" src="https://www.bankrate.com/f/102997/1440x1440/43548bf9cd/spender-type-tool-nav-imagery.png/m/50x50/filters:quality(90):format(webp)" alt=""> </div> <div class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-content"> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-mainText">Spender type tool</span> <span class="SiteNavFeaturedLink-supportText">Find cards that fit your needs</span> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-panel" :class="{'is-active' : isActiveSubcategory($id('subcategory', whichChild($el, $el.parentElement)))}" :aria-labelledby="$id('subcategory', whichChild($el, $el.parentElement))" role="tabpanel" @keydown="keydownSubcategoryLinks($el, $event)" tabindex="-1"> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-firstColumn"> <div class="SiteNavPrimaryLinkList"> <p class="SiteNavPrimaryLinkList-eyebrow">Get advice</p> <ul class="SiteNavPrimaryLinkList-list SiteNavPrimaryLinkList-list--twoColumns"> <li class="SiteNavPrimaryLinkList-item"> <a href="/credit-cards/advice/" class="SiteNavPrimaryLink" target="" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="anchor link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards anchor link" data-position="1" data-text="Credit cards 101" data-outcome="send to Credit cards 101" > Credit cards 101</a> </li> <li class="SiteNavPrimaryLinkList-item"> <a href="/credit-cards/balance-transfer/" class="SiteNavPrimaryLink" target="" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="anchor link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards anchor link" data-position="2" data-text="Balance transfer advice" data-outcome="send to Balance transfer advice" > Balance transfer advice</a> </li> <li class="SiteNavPrimaryLinkList-item"> <a 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role="heading">Build credit</p> <div class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkLists"> <ul class="SiteNavSecondaryLinkList"> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/bad-credit/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Guides &amp; resources subcategory featured link" data-position="1" data-text="Advice for bad credit" data-outcome="send to link" > Advice for bad credit</a> </li> <li> <a class="SiteNavSecondaryLink" href="/credit-cards/building-credit/" data-beam-element-clicked data-type="secondary link" data-location="site-nav" data-name="Credit cards nav - Guides &amp; resources subcategory featured link" data-position="2" data-text="Rebuilding credit score" data-outcome="send to link" > Rebuilding credit score</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="SiteNavSubcategory-categoryLinkContainer"> <a href="/credit-cards/" class="SiteNavSubcategory-categoryLink" 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class="text-blue-mid text-base"> • </span> Investing</li> <li class="display-flex align-items-center gap-2 mt-2 text-black"> <span class="text-blue-mid text-base"> • </span> Wealth management</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="AuthorPreview-bottom text-slate"> <div class="AuthorPreview-bio text-crop-none AuthorPreview-bio--truncated"> Bankrate principal writer and editor James F. 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funds</a>&nbsp;you can buy and sell on the public markets. When it comes to index funds like these, one of the most important factors in your total return is cost. Included are three mutual funds and seven ETFs:</p> <ul> <li><a class="Link" href="#FNILX">Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#VOO">Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#SPY">SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#IVV">iShares Core S&amp;P 500 ETF</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#SWPPX">Schwab S&amp;P 500 Index Fund</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#NASDX">Shelton NASDAQ-100 Index Direct</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#QQQ">Invesco QQQ Trust ETF</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#VTWO">Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#VTI">Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="#DIA">SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust</a></li> </ul></div> <ul class="Accordion w-full" data-cy="accordion-d7eb5c2f-50a5-4e88-adcb-903440a028f5"> <li x-id="['panel-span-classtext-methodologyspan', 'heading-span-classtext-methodologyspan']" x-data="{ expanded: 0, disableMobileHover: 0, }" class="Accordion-item" > <button class="Accordion-titleContainer px-3 py-4 sm:px-6 group sm:py-6" :id="$id('heading-span-classtext-methodologyspan')" :aria-controls="$id('panel-span-classtext-methodologyspan')" :aria-expanded="expanded ? true : false" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded" data-beam-element-clicked-no-delay id="" data-type="accordion" data-location="" data-name=" methodology " data-position="1" data-text=" Methodology " data-outcome="" data-variant="default" :data-outcome="expanded ? 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Factors considered include:</p> <ul> <li>Funds that track a popular market index</li> <li>Cost (expense ratio)</li> <li>Long-term performance</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('no-js-panel-span-classtext-methodologyspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-methodologyspan')" role="region" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Bankrate selected funds based on a number of factors and only included funds that are accessible to regular investors. Factors considered include:</p> <ul> <li>Funds that track a popular market index</li> <li>Cost (expense ratio)</li> <li>Long-term performance</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </noscript> </li> </ul> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Most popular indexes:</p> <ul> <li><a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-is-sp-500/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="Standard and Poor&rsquo;s 500 (S&amp;P 500)" data-type="LINK" data-position="4" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">Standard and Poor&rsquo;s 500 (S&amp;P 500)</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-is-dow-jones-industrial-average/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="Dow Jones Industrial Average" data-type="LINK" data-position="5" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-is-nasdaq-composite/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="Nasdaq Composite" data-type="LINK" data-position="6" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">Nasdaq Composite</a></li> <li><a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-is-russell-2000/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="Russell 2000" data-type="LINK" data-position="7" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">Russell 2000</a></li> </ul></div> <div id="top-funnel-content-top"class="myFinance-widget"></div> </div> <div id="sp-500" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div data-cy="" class="Headline w-full"> <h2 class="type-heading-two"> Best S&P 500 index funds </h2> </div> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>The S&amp;P 500 is one of the most widely-followed stock market indices in the world and there are many funds that invest based on the index. These five stand out.</p> <h3 id="FNILX">Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index (FNILX)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> The Fidelity ZERO Large Cap Index mutual fund is part of the investment company’s foray into mutual funds with no expense ratio, thus its ZERO moniker.</p> <p>The fund doesn’t officially track the S&amp;P 500 – technically it follows the Fidelity U.S. Large Cap Index – but the difference is academic.</p> <p>The real difference is that investor-friendly <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/brokerage-reviews/fidelity/">Fidelity</a> doesn’t have to cough up a licensing fee to use the S&amp;P name, keeping costs lower for investors.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $0 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 15.7 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Great for investors looking for a broadly diversified index fund at a low cost to serve as a core holding in their portfolio.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="VOO">Vanguard S&amp;P 500 ETF (VOO)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> As its name suggests, the Vanguard S&amp;P 500 tracks the S&amp;P 500 index, and it’s one of the largest funds on the market with hundreds of billions in the fund.</p> <p>This ETF began trading in 2010, and it’s backed by <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/brokerage-reviews/vanguard/">Vanguard</a>, one of the powerhouses of the fund industry.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.03 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $3 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 15.6 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Great for investors looking for a broadly diversified index fund at a low cost to serve as a core holding in their portfolio.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="SPY">SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> The SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF is the granddaddy of <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-are-etfs/">ETFs</a>, having been founded all the way back in 1993. It helped kick off the wave of ETF investing that has become so popular today.</p> <p>With hundreds of billions in the fund, it’s among the <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-etfs/">most popular ETFs</a>. The fund is sponsored by State Street Global Advisors — another heavyweight in the industry — and it tracks the S&amp;P 500.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.095 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $9.50 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 15.6 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Great for investors looking for a broadly diversified index fund at a low cost to serve as a core holding in their portfolio.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="IVV">iShares Core S&amp;P 500 ETF (IVV)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> The iShares Core S&amp;P 500 ETF is a fund sponsored by one of the largest fund companies, BlackRock. This iShares fund is one of the largest ETFs and it tracks the S&amp;P 500.</p> <p>With an inception date of 2000, this fund is another long-tenured player that’s tracked the index closely over time.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.03 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $3 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 15.6 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Great for investors looking for a broadly diversified index fund at a low cost to serve as a core holding in their portfolio.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="SWPPX">Schwab S&amp;P 500 Index Fund (SWPPX)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> With tens of billions in assets, the Schwab S&amp;P 500 Index Fund is on the smaller side of the heavyweights on this list, but that’s not really a concern for investors.</p> <p>This mutual fund has a strong record dating back to 1997, and it’s sponsored by <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/brokerage-reviews/charles-schwab/">Charles Schwab</a>, one of the most respected names in the industry.</p> <p>Schwab is especially noted for its focus on making investor-friendly products, as evidenced by this fund’s razor-thin expense ratio.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.02 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $2 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 15.6 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Great for investors looking for a broadly diversified index fund at a low cost to serve as a core holding in their portfolio.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p></div> </div> <div id="nasdaq" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div data-cy="" class="Headline w-full"> <h2 class="type-heading-two"> Best Nasdaq index funds </h2> </div> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>The Nasdaq-100 Index is another stock market index, but is not as diversified as the S&amp;P 500 because of its large weighting in technology shares. These two funds track the largest non-financial companies in the index.</p> <h3 id="NASDX">Shelton NASDAQ-100 Index Direct (NASDX)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> The Shelton Nasdaq-100 Index Direct ETF tracks the performance of the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index, which includes primarily <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/trillion-dollar-companies/">tech companies</a>.</p> <p>This mutual fund began trading in 2000 and has a strong record over the last five and ten years.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.52 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $52 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 17.9 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> A good fit for investors looking for an index fund that gives them exposure to the tech industry and growth-oriented companies.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="QQQ">Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF is another index fund that tracks the performance of the largest non-financial companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index.</p> <p>This ETF started trading in 1999, and it’s managed by Invesco, a fund giant. This fund is the top-performing large-cap growth fund in terms of total return over the 15 years to December&nbsp; 2023, according to Lipper.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.20 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $20 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 21.1 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Great for investors looking for a relatively low-cost index fund that focuses on technology and growth companies.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p></div> </div> <div id="more-top-index-funds" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div data-cy="" class="Headline w-full"> <h2 class="type-heading-two"> More top index funds </h2> </div> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>While the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq are two of the most popular stock market indexes, there are many others that track different parts of the investment universe. These three index funds are also worth considering for your portfolio.</p> <h3 id="VTWO">Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF tracks the Russell 2000 Index, a collection of about 2,000 of the smallest publicly traded companies in the U.S.</p> <p>This ETF began trading in 2010, and it’s a Vanguard fund, so it focuses on keeping costs low for investors.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.10 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $10 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 8.8 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> This fund is great for investors who want a low-cost fund that gives them broad exposure to <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-small-cap-etfs/">small-cap companies</a>.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="VTI">Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> Vanguard also offers a fund that effectively covers the entire universe of publicly traded stocks in the U.S., known as the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF. It consists of small, medium and large companies across all sectors.</p> <p>The fund has been around for a while, having begun trading in 2001. And with Vanguard as the sponsor, you know the costs are going to be low.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.03 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $3 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 14.9 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Investors looking for a low-cost <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-total-stock-market-index-funds/">index fund that is broadly diversified across the market-cap spectrum</a>.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <h3 id="DIA">SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA)</h3> <p><strong>Overview:</strong> You don’t have a lot to choose from when it comes to ETFs tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but State Street Global Advisors comes through with this fund that tracks the 30-stock index of large-cap stocks.</p> <p>The fund is definitely one of the earlier ETFs, having debuted in 1998, and it has tens of billions under management.</p> <p><strong>Expense ratio:</strong> 0.16 percent. That means every $10,000 invested would cost $16 annually.</p> <p><strong>5-year annualized return:</strong> 11.3 percent</p> <p><strong>Who is it good for?:</strong> Investors looking for exposure to <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-are-blue-chip-stocks/">blue-chip companies</a> or the specific components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at a low cost.</p> <p><strong>How to buy:</strong> The fund can be purchased directly from the fund company or through most <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers/">online brokers</a>.</p> <p><em>*Note: Fund performance data checked on Oct. 31</em><em>,</em><em> 2024.</em></p></div> </div> <div id="investing-widget" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div id="top-funnel-content-mid"class="myFinance-widget"></div> </div> <div id="why-are-index-funds-popular" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div data-cy="" class="Headline w-full"> <h2 class="type-heading-two"> Why are index funds so popular with investors? </h2> </div> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds are popular with investors because they promise ownership of a wide variety of stocks, greater diversification and lower risk &ndash; usually all at a low cost. That&rsquo;s why many investors, especially beginners, find index funds to be superior investments to individual stocks.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Attractive returns:</strong>&nbsp;Like all stocks, major indexes will fluctuate. But over time indexes have made solid returns, such as the S&amp;P 500&rsquo;s long-term record of about 10 percent annually. That doesn&rsquo;t mean index funds make money every year, but over long periods of time that&rsquo;s been the average return.</li> <li><strong>Diversification:</strong>&nbsp;Investors like index funds because they&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/diversification-is-important-in-investing/#slide=1" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="offer immediate diversification" data-type="LINK" data-position="8" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">offer immediate diversification</a>. With one purchase, investors can own a wide swath of companies. One share of an index fund based on the S&amp;P 500 provides ownership in hundreds of companies, while a share of Nasdaq-100 fund offers exposure to about 100 companies.</li> <li><strong>Lower risk:</strong>&nbsp;Because they&rsquo;re diversified, investing in an index fund is lower risk than&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/how-to-invest-in-stocks/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="owning a few individual stocks" data-type="LINK" data-position="9" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">owning a few individual stocks</a>. That doesn&rsquo;t mean you can&rsquo;t lose money or that they&rsquo;re as safe as a CD, for example, but the index will usually fluctuate a lot less than an individual stock.</li> <li><strong>Low cost:</strong> Index funds can charge very little for these benefits, with a low <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-is-an-expense-ratio/">expense ratio</a>. For larger funds you may pay $3 to $10 per year for every $10,000 you have invested. In fact, one fund we mentioned earlier, Fidelity&rsquo;s ZERO Large Cap Index, charges you no expense ratio at all. When it comes to index funds, cost is one of the most important factors in your total return.</li> </ul> <p>While some funds such as S&amp;P 500 or Nasdaq-100 index funds allow you to own companies across industries, other funds own only a specific industry, country or even investing style (say,&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/how-to-invest-in-dividend-stocks/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="dividend stocks" data-type="LINK" data-position="11" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">dividend stocks</a>).</p></div> <div class="bankrate-insight"> <div class="border-l-4 border-blue bg-white p-8 h-full display-flex flex-direction-column sm:flex-direction-row box-shadow-1 rounded-md"> <div class="Icon flex-shrink-0 Icon--md mb-6 mx-auto sm:mr-8"> <svg class="Icon-glyph" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" focusable="false"><title>Lightbulb Icon</title><path d="M10.725 18.804c.22 2.389 1.25 4.196 2.486 4.196 1.243 0 2.277-1.825 2.49-4.23a.66.66 0 0 0 .08-.318c0-.667.458-1.22 1.042-1.918l.013-.015c.787-.949 1.764-2.125 1.764-4.025C18.6 9.844 16.429 7 13.2 7c-3.23 0-5.4 2.837-5.4 5.486 0 1.918.979 3.105 1.768 4.056l.028.033c.563.683 1.007 1.221 1.022 1.885.003.13.042.247.107.344Z" fill="transparent" class="icon-offset"/><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12 4.386a.698.698 0 0 1-.692-.7V1.7c0-.385.311-.7.692-.7.38 0 .692.315.692.7v1.986c0 .385-.312.7-.692.7Zm-5.557 2.32h.005-.01.005Zm.489-.202a.674.674 0 0 1-.489.202.728.728 0 0 1-.488-.202l-1.384-1.4a.708.708 0 0 1 0-.988.689.689 0 0 1 .977 0l1.384 1.4a.708.708 0 0 1 0 .988Zm6.529 11.454c0 .385.311.7.692.7v.009c.38 0 .692-.315.692-.7 0-.718.501-1.313 1.141-2.065l.014-.016c.863-1.021 1.932-2.287 1.932-4.333 0-2.852-2.378-5.915-5.916-5.915-3.537 0-5.916 3.054-5.916 5.906 0 2.065 1.073 3.343 1.938 4.367l.03.036c.617.735 1.103 1.314 1.12 2.029.009.385.32.673.71.682.38-.009.674-.332.674-.717-.026-1.225-.761-2.1-1.479-2.95-.83-.98-1.609-1.907-1.609-3.455 0-2.18 1.825-4.507 4.532-4.507 2.708 0 4.533 2.337 4.533 4.515 0 1.526-.807 2.484-1.587 3.412l-.022.027-.008.01c-.724.854-1.471 1.736-1.471 2.965Zm-.008-4.051-.744.752v2.774c0 .385-.312.7-.692.7a.698.698 0 0 1-.692-.7v-2.774l-.796-.805a.708.708 0 0 1 0-.988.688.688 0 0 1 .978 0l.51.516.458-.464a.688.688 0 0 1 .978 0 .708.708 0 0 1 0 .989ZM2.192 12.322h1.955c.38 0 .692-.314.692-.7 0-.384-.312-.7-.692-.7H2.192a.698.698 0 0 0-.692.7c0 .386.311.7.692.7Zm11.84 8.252h-3.918a.698.698 0 0 1-.692-.7c0-.385.311-.7.692-.7h3.918c.38 0 .692.315.692.7 0 .385-.312.7-.692.7Zm-3 1.986h1.963c.38 0 .692-.315.692-.7 0-.385-.312-.7-.692-.7H11.03a.698.698 0 0 0-.692.7c0 .385.312.7.692.7Zm10.776-10.237h-1.955a.698.698 0 0 1-.692-.7c0-.385.312-.7.692-.7h1.955c.38 0 .692.315.692.7 0 .385-.311.7-.692.7Zm-4.259-5.617a.33.33 0 0 0 .003 0h-.008.005Zm-.49-.202c.138.13.31.2.49.202a.674.674 0 0 0 .488-.202l1.384-1.4a.708.708 0 0 0 0-.988.689.689 0 0 0-.978 0l-1.384 1.4a.708.708 0 0 0 0 .988Z" class="icon-base"/></svg></div> <div class="flex-grow"> <h4 class="mt-0 mb-4 max-w text-center sm:text-left"> Bankrate Staff Insight </h4> <div class="type-body-one text-slate text-center sm:text-left mb-0-last-child"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>“Index funds are a great way for most people to invest because you easily get access to a diversified portfolio at a low cost. Broadly diversified index funds, such as those that track the S&amp;P 500, have largely outperformed actively managed funds that are trying to beat the market.” – Brian Baker, CFA, Bankrate Investing and Retirement Senior Writer</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="how-to-invest" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <h2>How to invest in an index fund in 3 easy steps</h2> <p>It&rsquo;s surprisingly easy to <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/landing/br-investing-modal-best-index-funds/" data-use-elf="">invest in an index fund</a>, but you&rsquo;ll want to know what you&rsquo;re investing in, not simply buy random funds that you know little about.</p> <h3>1. Research and analyze index funds</h3> <p>Your first step is finding what you want to invest in. While an S&amp;P 500 index fund is the most popular index fund, they also exist for different industries, countries and even investment styles. So you need to consider what exactly you want to invest in and why it might hold opportunity:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp;Consider the geographic location of the investments. A broad index such as the S&amp;P 500 or Nasdaq-100 owns American companies, while other index funds might focus on a narrower location (France) or an equally broad one (Asia-Pacific).</li> <li><strong>Business:</strong>&nbsp;Which&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/stock-market-sectors-guide/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="market sector" data-type="LINK" data-position="17" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">market sector</a>&nbsp;is the index fund investing in? Is it invested in pharma companies making new drugs, or maybe tech companies? Some funds specialize in certain industries and avoid others.</li> <li><strong>Market opportunity:</strong>&nbsp;What opportunity does the index fund present? Is the fund buying pharma companies because they&rsquo;re making the next blockbuster drug or because they&rsquo;re cash cows paying dividends? Some funds invest in&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/high-dividend-stocks/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="high-yield stocks" data-type="LINK" data-position="18" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">high-yield stocks</a>&nbsp;while others want high-growth stocks.</li> </ul> <p>You&rsquo;ll want to carefully examine what the fund is investing in, so you have some idea of what you actually own. Sometimes the labels on an index fund can be misleading. But you can check the index&rsquo;s holdings to see exactly what&rsquo;s in the fund.</p> <h3>2. Decide which index fund to buy</h3> <p>After you&rsquo;ve found a fund you like, you can look at other factors that may make it a good fit for your portfolio. The fund&rsquo;s expenses are huge factors that could make &ndash; or cost &ndash; you tens of thousands of dollars over time.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Expenses:</strong>&nbsp;Compare the expenses of each fund you&rsquo;re considering. Sometimes a fund based on a similar index can charge 20 times as much as another.</li> <li><strong>Taxes:</strong>&nbsp;For certain legal reasons, mutual funds tend to be less tax-efficient than ETFs. At the end of the year many mutual funds pay a taxable capital gains distribution, while ETFs do not.</li> <li><strong>Investment minimums:</strong>&nbsp;Many mutual funds have a minimum investment amount for your first purchase, often several thousand dollars. In contrast, many ETFs have no such rule, and your broker may even allow you to&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-brokers-fractional-share-investing/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="buy fractional shares" data-type="LINK" data-position="19" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">buy fractional shares</a>&nbsp;with just a few dollars.</li> </ul> <h3>3. Purchase your index fund</h3> <p>After you&rsquo;ve decided which fund fits in your portfolio, it&rsquo;s time for the easy part &ndash; actually buying the fund. You can either buy directly from the mutual fund company or through a broker. But it&rsquo;s usually easier to buy a mutual fund through a broker. And if you&rsquo;re buying an ETF, you&rsquo;ll need to&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/best-online-brokers-for-etfs/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="go through your broker" data-type="LINK" data-position="20" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">go through your broker</a>.</p></div> </div> <div id="considerations" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <h2>Considerations for investing in index funds</h2> <p>As you&rsquo;re looking at index funds, you&rsquo;ll want to consider the following factors:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Long-run performance:</strong>&nbsp;It&rsquo;s important to track the long-term performance of the index fund (ideally at least five to ten years of performance) to see what your potential future returns might be. Each fund may track a different index or do better than another fund, and some indexes do better than others over time. Long-run performance is your best gauge to what you might expect in the future, but it&rsquo;s no guarantee, either.</li> <li><strong>Expense ratio:</strong>&nbsp;The expense ratio shows what you&rsquo;re paying for the fund&rsquo;s performance on an annual basis. For funds that track the same index, such as the S&amp;P 500, it makes little sense to pay more than you have to. Other index funds may track indexes that have better long-term performance, potentially justifying a higher expense ratio.</li> <li><strong>Trading costs:</strong>&nbsp;Some brokers offer very attractive prices when you&rsquo;re&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/how-to-pick-best-mutual-funds/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="buying mutual funds" data-type="LINK" data-position="21" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">buying mutual funds</a>, even more so than the same mutual fund company itself. If you&rsquo;re going with an ETF, virtually all major online brokers now allow you to trade without a commission. Also, if you&rsquo;re buying a mutual fund, beware of&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/load-vs-no-load-mutual-funds/" data-beam-element-clicked="ElementClicked" data-location="content body" data-text="sales loads" data-type="LINK" data-position="22" data-name="article-link" data-outcome="INTERNALLINK" data-beam-uid="2" data-beam-event="click">sales loads</a>, or commissions, which can easily lop off 1 or 2 percent of your money before it&rsquo;s invested. These are easy to avoid by choosing funds carefully, such as those from Vanguard and many others.</li> <li><strong>Fund options:</strong>&nbsp;Not all brokers will offer all mutual funds, however. So you&rsquo;ll need to see whether your broker offers a specific fund family. In contrast, ETFs are typically available at all brokers because they&rsquo;re all traded on an exchange.</li> <li><strong>Convenience:</strong>&nbsp;It may be a lot easier to go with a mutual fund that your broker offers on its platform rather than open a new brokerage account. But going with an ETF instead of a mutual fund may also allow you to sidestep this issue.</li> </ul> <h3>Index fund risks</h3> <p>Putting money into any market-based investment such as stocks or bonds means that investors could lose it all if the company or government issuing the security runs into severe trouble. However, the situation is a bit different for index funds because they&rsquo;re often so diversified.</p> <p>An index fund usually owns at least dozens of securities and may own potentially hundreds of them, meaning that it&rsquo;s highly diversified. In the case of a stock index fund, for example, every stock would have to go to zero for the index fund, and thus the investor, to lose everything. So while it&rsquo;s theoretically possible to lose everything, it doesn&rsquo;t happen for standard funds.</p> <p>That said, an index fund could underperform and lose money for years, depending on what it&rsquo;s invested in. But the odds that an index fund loses everything are very low.</p> <h3>Are there fees associated with index funds?</h3> <p>Index funds may have a couple different kinds of fees associated with them, depending on which type of index fund:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Mutual funds:</strong>&nbsp;Index funds sponsored by mutual fund companies may charge two kinds of fees: a sales load and an expense ratio. <ul> <li>A sales load is just a commission for buying the fund, and it may happen when you buy or when you sell or over time. Investors can usually avoid these by going with an investor-friendly fund company such as Vanguard, Charles Schwab or Fidelity.</li> <li>An expense ratio is an ongoing fee paid to the fund company based on the assets you have in the fund. Typically these are charged daily and come out of the account seamlessly.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>ETFs:</strong>&nbsp;Index funds sponsored by ETF companies (many of which also run mutual funds) charge only one kind of fee, an expense ratio. It works the same way as it would with a mutual fund, with a tiny portion seamlessly deducted each day you hold the fund.</li> </ul> <p>ETFs have become more popular recently because they help investors avoid some of the higher fees associated with mutual funds. ETFs are also becoming popular because they offer other key advantages over mutual funds.</p></div> </div> <div id="expense-ratio" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <h2>What is considered a good expense ratio?</h2> <p><a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/mutual-fund-vs-etf-which-is-better/">Mutual funds and ETFs</a> have among the cheapest average expense ratios, and the figure also depends on whether they&rsquo;re investing in bonds or stocks. In 2022, the average stock index mutual fund charged 0.05 percent (on an asset-weighted basis), or $5 for every $10,000 invested. The average stock index ETF charged 0.16 percent asset-weighted, or $16 for every $10,000 invested.</p> <p>Index funds tend to be much cheaper than average funds. Compare the numbers above with the average stock mutual fund (on an asset-weighted basis), which charged 0.44 percent, or the average stock ETF, which charged 0.16 percent. While the ETF expense ratio is the same in each case, the cost for mutual funds generally is higher. Many mutual funds are not index funds, and they charge higher fees to pay the higher expenses of their investment management teams.</p> <p>So anything below the average should be considered a good expense ratio. But it&rsquo;s important to keep these costs in perspective and realize that the difference between an expense ratio of 0.10 percent and 0.05 percent is just $5 per year for every $10,000 invested. Still, there&rsquo;s no reason to pay more for an index fund tracking the same index.</p></div> </div> <div id="is-now-a-good-time" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <h2>Is now a good time to buy index funds?</h2> <p>If you&rsquo;re buying a stock index fund or almost any broadly diversified stock fund such as one based on the S&amp;P 500, it can be a good time to buy if you&rsquo;re prepared to hold it for the long term. That&rsquo;s because the market tends to rise over time, as the economy grows and corporate profits increase. In this regard, time is your best friend, because it allows you to compound your money, letting your money make money. That said, narrowly diversified index funds (such as funds focused on one industry) may do poorly for years.</p> <p>That&rsquo;s one reason why it&rsquo;s crucial for investors to stick with a patient approach to ride out any short-term volatility. Experts recommend adding money to the market regularly to take advantage of <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/dollar-cost-averaging-what-it-is-avoids-timing-market/">dollar-cost averaging</a> and lower their risk. A strong investing discipline can help you make money in the market over time. Investors should avoid timing the market, that is, jumping in and out of the market to capture gains and dodge losses.</p> <p>Stock market returns have been above their historical averages over the past five- and 10-year periods and several new all-time highs have been reached in 2024. This may give investors pause about committing new money, but financial advisors say <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/how-to-invest-stocks-all-time-high/">investing at all-time highs</a> doesn&rsquo;t lead to poor long-term returns.&nbsp;</p></div> <div class="vertical-spacer pt-4" style="width: 100%; content: '';"></div> </div> <div id="faqs" class="SectionWithTocItem " > <div data-cy="" class="Headline w-full"> <h2 class="type-heading-two"> Index funds FAQs </h2> </div> <ul class="Accordion w-full" data-cy="accordion-5c707f2a-92f0-471f-9cc3-d9edcf64f2e5"> <li x-id="['panel-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan', 'heading-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan']" x-data="{ expanded: 0, disableMobileHover: 0, }" class="Accordion-item" > <button class="Accordion-titleContainer px-3 py-4 sm:px-6 group sm:py-6" :id="$id('heading-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan')" :aria-controls="$id('panel-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan')" :aria-expanded="expanded ? true : false" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded" data-beam-element-clicked-no-delay id="" data-type="accordion" data-location="" data-name=" what are index funds? " data-position="1" data-text=" What are index funds? " data-outcome="" data-variant="default" :data-outcome="expanded ? 'open_accordion' : 'close_accordion'" :class="{ 'no-hover': (typeof isMobile !== 'undefined' && isMobile) && disableMobileHover }" > <h6 class="Accordion-title mr-2 md:flex-1 my-0"> <span class="text"> What are index funds?</span> </h6> <span class="Accordion-icon Icon Icon--sm icon-base-blue" aria-hidden="true"> <svg class="Icon-glyph" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" focusable="false"><title>Caret Down Icon</title><path d="M12 17.152c-.33 0-.675-.131-.94-.378L3.384 9.09a1.32 1.32 0 0 1 0-1.86c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0L12 13.977l6.755-6.747c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0 .51.51.51 1.35 0 1.86l-7.694 7.684a1.295 1.295 0 0 1-.94.378H12Z" class="icon-base"/></svg> </span> </button> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('panel-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan')" x-show="expanded" x-collapse role="region" style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; display: none;" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds are mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that aim to track the performance of a market index, such as the S&amp;P 500.</p></div> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('no-js-panel-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-what-are-index-fundsspan')" role="region" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds are mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that aim to track the performance of a market index, such as the S&amp;P 500.</p></div> </div> </div> </noscript> </li> <li x-id="['panel-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan', 'heading-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan']" x-data="{ expanded: 0, disableMobileHover: 0, }" class="Accordion-item" > <button class="Accordion-titleContainer px-3 py-4 sm:px-6 group sm:py-6" :id="$id('heading-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan')" :aria-controls="$id('panel-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan')" :aria-expanded="expanded ? true : false" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded" data-beam-element-clicked-no-delay id="" data-type="accordion" data-location="" data-name=" how do index funds work? " data-position="2" data-text=" How do index funds work? " data-outcome="" data-variant="default" :data-outcome="expanded ? 'open_accordion' : 'close_accordion'" :class="{ 'no-hover': (typeof isMobile !== 'undefined' && isMobile) && disableMobileHover }" > <h6 class="Accordion-title mr-2 md:flex-1 my-0"> <span class="text"> How do index funds work?</span> </h6> <span class="Accordion-icon Icon Icon--sm icon-base-blue" aria-hidden="true"> <svg class="Icon-glyph" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" focusable="false"><title>Caret Down Icon</title><path d="M12 17.152c-.33 0-.675-.131-.94-.378L3.384 9.09a1.32 1.32 0 0 1 0-1.86c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0L12 13.977l6.755-6.747c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0 .51.51.51 1.35 0 1.86l-7.694 7.684a1.295 1.295 0 0 1-.94.378H12Z" class="icon-base"/></svg> </span> </button> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('panel-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan')" x-show="expanded" x-collapse role="region" style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; display: none;" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds seek to match the performance of an underlying index they&rsquo;re tracking. For example, an <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/how-to-buy-sp-500-index-fund/">S&amp;P 500 index fund</a> will hold the stocks that make up the S&amp;P 500 index in an effort to match its performance. Because these funds don&rsquo;t have teams of analysts and portfolio managers trying to beat the market, their costs are low, leaving more of the return for the fund&rsquo;s investors.</p></div> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('no-js-panel-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-how-do-index-funds-workspan')" role="region" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds seek to match the performance of an underlying index they&rsquo;re tracking. For example, an <a class="Link" href="https://www.bankrate.com/investing/how-to-buy-sp-500-index-fund/">S&amp;P 500 index fund</a> will hold the stocks that make up the S&amp;P 500 index in an effort to match its performance. Because these funds don&rsquo;t have teams of analysts and portfolio managers trying to beat the market, their costs are low, leaving more of the return for the fund&rsquo;s investors.</p></div> </div> </div> </noscript> </li> <li x-id="['panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan', 'heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan']" x-data="{ expanded: 0, disableMobileHover: 0, }" class="Accordion-item" > <button class="Accordion-titleContainer px-3 py-4 sm:px-6 group sm:py-6" :id="$id('heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan')" :aria-controls="$id('panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan')" :aria-expanded="expanded ? true : false" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded" data-beam-element-clicked-no-delay id="" data-type="accordion" data-location="" data-name=" are index funds good for beginners? " data-position="3" data-text=" Are index funds good for beginners? " data-outcome="" data-variant="default" :data-outcome="expanded ? 'open_accordion' : 'close_accordion'" :class="{ 'no-hover': (typeof isMobile !== 'undefined' && isMobile) && disableMobileHover }" > <h6 class="Accordion-title mr-2 md:flex-1 my-0"> <span class="text"> Are index funds good for beginners?</span> </h6> <span class="Accordion-icon Icon Icon--sm icon-base-blue" aria-hidden="true"> <svg class="Icon-glyph" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" focusable="false"><title>Caret Down Icon</title><path d="M12 17.152c-.33 0-.675-.131-.94-.378L3.384 9.09a1.32 1.32 0 0 1 0-1.86c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0L12 13.977l6.755-6.747c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0 .51.51.51 1.35 0 1.86l-7.694 7.684a1.295 1.295 0 0 1-.94.378H12Z" class="icon-base"/></svg> </span> </button> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan')" x-show="expanded" x-collapse role="region" style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; display: none;" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds are good investments for beginners because you don&rsquo;t need to know much about investing or financial markets to do well. Buying a broadly diversified index fund will allow you to participate in the overall growth of the economy and grow your wealth over the long term. Consistently buying an S&amp;P 500 index fund over time is one of the best investment decisions you can make.</p></div> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('no-js-panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-good-for-beginnersspan')" role="region" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index funds are good investments for beginners because you don&rsquo;t need to know much about investing or financial markets to do well. Buying a broadly diversified index fund will allow you to participate in the overall growth of the economy and grow your wealth over the long term. Consistently buying an S&amp;P 500 index fund over time is one of the best investment decisions you can make.</p></div> </div> </div> </noscript> </li> <li x-id="['panel-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan', 'heading-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan']" x-data="{ expanded: 0, disableMobileHover: 0, }" class="Accordion-item" > <button class="Accordion-titleContainer px-3 py-4 sm:px-6 group sm:py-6" :id="$id('heading-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan')" :aria-controls="$id('panel-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan')" :aria-expanded="expanded ? true : false" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded" data-beam-element-clicked-no-delay id="" data-type="accordion" data-location="" data-name=" how much does it cost to invest in an index fund? " data-position="4" data-text=" How much does it cost to invest in an index fund? " data-outcome="" data-variant="default" :data-outcome="expanded ? 'open_accordion' : 'close_accordion'" :class="{ 'no-hover': (typeof isMobile !== 'undefined' && isMobile) && disableMobileHover }" > <h6 class="Accordion-title mr-2 md:flex-1 my-0"> <span class="text"> How much does it cost to invest in an index fund?</span> </h6> <span class="Accordion-icon Icon Icon--sm icon-base-blue" aria-hidden="true"> <svg class="Icon-glyph" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" focusable="false"><title>Caret Down Icon</title><path d="M12 17.152c-.33 0-.675-.131-.94-.378L3.384 9.09a1.32 1.32 0 0 1 0-1.86c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0L12 13.977l6.755-6.747c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0 .51.51.51 1.35 0 1.86l-7.694 7.684a1.295 1.295 0 0 1-.94.378H12Z" class="icon-base"/></svg> </span> </button> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('panel-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan')" x-show="expanded" x-collapse role="region" style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; display: none;" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index fund costs will vary from fund to fund, but they&rsquo;re less expensive than investing in actively-managed funds that try to beat the market. Most index funds will cost you less than 20 basis points, or 0.20 percent, which means you&rsquo;ll pay less than $20 for every $10,000 you have invested.</p></div> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('no-js-panel-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-how-much-does-it-cost-to-invest-in-an-index-fundspan')" role="region" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Index fund costs will vary from fund to fund, but they&rsquo;re less expensive than investing in actively-managed funds that try to beat the market. Most index funds will cost you less than 20 basis points, or 0.20 percent, which means you&rsquo;ll pay less than $20 for every $10,000 you have invested.</p></div> </div> </div> </noscript> </li> <li x-id="['panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan', 'heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan']" x-data="{ expanded: 0, disableMobileHover: 0, }" class="Accordion-item" > <button class="Accordion-titleContainer px-3 py-4 sm:px-6 group sm:py-6" :id="$id('heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan')" :aria-controls="$id('panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan')" :aria-expanded="expanded ? true : false" x-on:click="expanded = !expanded" data-beam-element-clicked-no-delay id="" data-type="accordion" data-location="" data-name=" are index funds safer than stocks? " data-position="5" data-text=" Are index funds safer than stocks? " data-outcome="" data-variant="default" :data-outcome="expanded ? 'open_accordion' : 'close_accordion'" :class="{ 'no-hover': (typeof isMobile !== 'undefined' && isMobile) && disableMobileHover }" > <h6 class="Accordion-title mr-2 md:flex-1 my-0"> <span class="text"> Are index funds safer than stocks?</span> </h6> <span class="Accordion-icon Icon Icon--sm icon-base-blue" aria-hidden="true"> <svg class="Icon-glyph" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" focusable="false"><title>Caret Down Icon</title><path d="M12 17.152c-.33 0-.675-.131-.94-.378L3.384 9.09a1.32 1.32 0 0 1 0-1.86c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0L12 13.977l6.755-6.747c.51-.51 1.351-.51 1.862 0 .51.51.51 1.35 0 1.86l-7.694 7.684a1.295 1.295 0 0 1-.94.378H12Z" class="icon-base"/></svg> </span> </button> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan')" x-show="expanded" x-collapse role="region" style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden; display: none;" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Broadly diversified index funds tend to be safer than individual stocks because of the benefits of diversification. Investing in a fund that owns 500 different stocks across all economic sectors and industries is less risky than holding just a handful of stocks. Your fortunes aren&rsquo;t tied to the outcome of a few companies in index funds, but rather the stock market as a whole.</p></div> </div> </div> <noscript> <div class="Accordion-contentWrapper" :id="$id('no-js-panel-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan')" :labelledBy="$id('heading-span-classtext-are-index-funds-safer-than-stocksspan')" role="region" > <div class="Accordion-content text-slate px-3 pb-4 sm:px-6 sm:pb-6"> <div class="wysiwyg display-block w-full"> <p>Broadly diversified index funds tend to be safer than individual stocks because of the benefits of diversification. Investing in a fund that owns 500 different stocks across all economic sectors and industries is less risky than holding just a handful of stocks. 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With those benefits, it&rsquo;s no surprise that these are some of the largest funds on the market.</p> <p class="text-sm text-slate text-gray-700"><em>Editorial Disclaimer: All investors are advised to conduct their own independent research into investment strategies before making an investment decision. 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